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trill1 verbtrill2 noun trilltrill1 /trɪl/ verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEtrill |
Present | I, you, we, they | trill | | he, she, it | trills | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | trilled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have trilled | | he, she, it | has trilled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had trilled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will trill | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have trilled |
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Present | I | am trilling | | he, she, it | is trilling | | you, we, they | are trilling | Past | I, he, she, it | was trilling | | you, we, they | were trilling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been trilling | | he, she, it | has been trilling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been trilling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be trilling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been trilling |
- A mockingbird trilled from atop a telephone pole.
- At five o'clock the phone set on the tailgate of the Range Rover trilled.
- In the brush warblers and finches are trilling again; raspberries glisten; the gulls are laughing.
- Johnson was reading a local newspaper he had bought at the Frankenwald service station when his phone trilled discreetly.
- The bird had stopped tick-ticking and was trilling away cheerfully.
- The phone on Sam McCready's desk trilled at midday.
- The telephones in Sly's office complex did not trill, they rang.
- Two hours later I was woken by men whistling, clicking, trilling and hooting their music to the flocks.
1to make a short repeated high sound: birds trilling in the trees The phone trilled sharply.2to say something in a high happy voice that sounds slightly false: ‘Have a nice time, darling,’ she trilled.trill1 verbtrill2 noun trilltrill2 noun [countable] trill2Origin: 1600-1700 Italian trillo, from trillare ‘to trill’, probably from Dutch trillen ‘to shake very quickly’ - A trill of song from somewhere outside the trench.
- From behind the curtain the tuning-up sounds, trumpet runs, and flute trills, were becoming more clamorous.
- From within, I catch the trill of a Pogues song.
► Birdsauk, nounbald eagle, nounbeak, nounbill, nounbird, nounbirdie, nounbird of paradise, nounbird of passage, nounbird of prey, nounbirdsong, nounblackbird, nounbluebird, nounbluejay, nounbobwhite, nounbreast, nounbuzzard, nouncackle, verbchick, nounclaw, nouncob, nouncock, nouncockerel, nouncockscomb, nouncolouring, nouncondor, nouncoo, verbcoot, nouncormorant, nouncorncrake, nouncrane, nouncrest, nouncrested, adjectivecrop, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcuckoo, nouncurlew, nouncygnet, noundickybird, noundipper, noundive, verbdodo, noundove, noundown, nounduck, nounduckling, nouneagle, nouneaglet, nounegret, nounemu, nounfeather, nounflamingo, nounfledgling, nounflight, nounfly, verbflycatcher, nounfowl, noungander, noungannet, noungizzard, noungobble, verbgobbler, noungolden eagle, noungoldfinch, noungoose, noungrebe, noungrouse, nounguillemot, nounguinea fowl, nounhackles, nounhatch, verbhawk, nounheron, nounhonk, nounhonk, verbhoot, nounhoot, verbhornbill, nounhouse martin, nounhumming bird, nounincubate, verbjackdaw, nounjay, nounkestrel, nounkingfisher, nounkite, nounkiwi, nounlark, nounlay, verblinnet, nounloon, nounlovebird, nounmacaw, nounmagpie, nounmallard, nounmarabou, nounmartin, nounmeadowlark, nounmigrant, nounmockingbird, nounmoorhen, nounmoult, verbmynah bird, nounnest, nounnest, verbnestling, nounnightingale, nounoriole, nounornithologist, nounornithology, nounosprey, nounostrich, nounowl, nounowlet, nounparakeet, nounparrot, nounpartridge, nounpeacock, nounpeafowl, nounpeahen, nounpeck, verbpeck, nounpeewit, nounpelican, nounpenguin, nounperch, nounperch, verbperegrine falcon, nounpetrel, nounpipit, nounplover, nounplumage, nounplume, verbpullet, nounquail, nounquill, nounraven, nounroadrunner, nounrobin, nounrook, nounroost, nounroost, verbrooster, nounruff, nounsandpiper, nounseabird, nounseagull, nounshag, nounsing, verbskylark, nounsnipe, nounsong, nounsongbird, nounsongster, nounsparrow, nounstarling, nounswallow, nounswan, nounswift, nounswoop, verbtalon, nounteal, nountern, nounthrush, nountit, nountoucan, nountrill, nounturkey, nounturtledove, nountwitter, verbvulture, nounwader, nounwagtail, nounwarble, verbwarbler, nounwater bird, nounwaterfowl, nounwebbed, adjectiveweb-footed, adjectivewhistle, verbwing, nounwinged, adjectivewingspan, nounwingtip, nounwishbone, nounwren, nounyellowhammer, noun 1technical a musical sound made by quickly moving between two notes2a short repeated high sound: the trill of blackbirds |